19 In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 14:19

Commentary on Numbers 14:11-19

(Read Numbers 14:11-19)

Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.